Amman (Ammon), Kaspar - Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. I, p. 663

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

AMMAN (AMMON), KASPAR. - Augustinian theologian, b. at Hasselt (Liège) around 1450, d. in 1524. He was master of theology, prior at Lauingen, and provincial of his Order (1500-1503 and 1514-18). Highly proficient in Greek and Hebrew, he corresponded with the leading German Hebraists of the time; a letter of his to Luther, dated 26 Oct. 1522, is preserved. He published a Translation of the Psalms into German from the Hebrew text (Augsburg, 1523). He showed sympathy for the innovators and preached against the bull Exsurge Domine and the Edict of Worms; he was therefore arrested and handed over to the bishop of Augsburg (1523), who released him after a few months (1524). He died shortly thereafter, faithful to his vows, according to the opinion subsequently prevailing in his Order; but G. Kolde holds the contrary view.

BIBL.: G. Kolde, in Beiträge zur bayrischen Kirchengeschichte, 19 (1913), p. 179 ff.; 20 (1914), pp. 17, 27 ff.; B. Walde, Christliche Hebräisten, 1916, pp. 145, 196 ff.; id., s. V. in LThK, I, cols. 365 ff.